Wendy Williams Finally Said Sorry For Her Tone-Deaf HBCU Comments

Wendy Williams has apologized for remarks she made last week about the NAACP and historically black colleges and universities.

During her ‘Hot Topics’ segment on July 7, Williams weighed in on actor Jesse Williams’s political speech at the BET awards. She said:

“I would be really offended if there was a school that was known as a historically white college. We have historically black colleges. What if there was the National Organization for White People, only? There’s the NAACP.”

“I want to apologize to everyone that I might have offended regarding my remarks,” Williams said on Thursday. “I was wrong.”

The talkshow host also had Roland Martin appear as a guest after her apology. Martin schooled Williams once again, explaining to her the history of black people in America from 1619 (when the first slaves arrived in the Americas) to today.

Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr. (aka "Common," and formerly "Common Sense") attended Florida A&M University earning a degree in business administration before some recognition by <em>The Source</em> magazine propelled his career into rap and acting.